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The love life of troubled young builder Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) looks like it’s on the up at last in Coronation Street – which is a bit of a relief for Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) who is about to fight off his advances when he mistakes an invitation to the bath for himself!

Romanian actress and model Ruxandra Porojnicu has been cast as nail baremployee Alina, who will catch Seb’s eye when he heads out to fix a burst pipe, toolbox in hand. Behave.

As he arrives, there are definite sparks and he gives her more than a backwards glance which she appears to reciprocate. But as the pair flirt, how far will things go?

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And does this mean it’s curtains for Seb’s on/off relationship with Faye Windass (Ellie Leach)?

Ruxandra and Harry were spotted filming on location recently at the nail bar but few details are yet known about the newcomer and whether she is a new regular.

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Seb looks set to be embroiled in a bitter battle with Gary (Mikey North) ahead of the roof collapse – and both characters are being cited as potential names for the new villain who causes a neighbour to die in the tragedy.

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So perhaps Alina had better not get too close to Seb just in case he is on a downward spiral to potential baddie-dom.

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Still, it’s refreshing to see Seb with a smile on his face rather than his now trademark sneer.

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Next week, the misunderstanding with Sarah leaves him red faced and Harry admitted to ‘cringing’ when he read the scripts when Metro.co.uk caught up with hi.

And speaking of Seb’s temper, he added to us: ‘This is part of his character and I am sure it will crop up again. It’s just how he is – he goes off the handle a little bit again. He gets stressed out and has had a rough upbringing – he has had abusive stepdads and his mum was a heroin addict.

‘He has witnessed some hardcore stuff so he’s not afraid so much of Gary and people like that. He’s seen far worse in the past so he isn’t scared to stand up for himself.’